Pooja Kumar - Product Manager/Owner

Q: Where is Pooja based?

Pooja is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Pooja speak?

Pooja speaks the following languages: Kannada (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate) .

Q: How many years of experience does Pooja have?

Pooja has at least 9 years of experience. During this time, Pooja has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 3 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 4 months . Note that Pooja may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Pooja's latest experience?

Pooja's most recent position is Product Owner at Celonis .

Q: What companies has Pooja worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Pooja has worked for Celonis and Pure Systems (now PTC) .

Q: Which industries is Pooja most experienced in?

Pooja is most experienced in industries like Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas is Pooja most experienced in?

Pooja is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Product Development . Pooja also has some experience in Quality Assurance , Strategy , and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Pooja worked in recently?

Pooja has recently worked in industries like Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Pooja worked in recently?

Pooja has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Product Development , and Project Management .

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Munich, Germany

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Experience

Jun 2023 - Present

3 years 3 months

Munich, Germany

Product Owner

Celonis

An enterprise process mining and execution management platform that helps organizations analyze, visualize, and optimize their business processes using event data.

Aligned 40+ engineering squads across 5 countries to deliver platform capabilities at scale, driving release infrastructure, change management, and rollout governance with zero post-launch defects for 1000+ enterprise customers
Owned celonis studio platform roadmap prioritization, balancing technical investments, commercial priorities, and operational needs, driving 50%+ market share growth against legacy products
Translated requirements into specifications, architectural decision records, and delivery plans in collaboration with engineering and UI/UX, resulting in a 20–30% increase in user engagement
Drove the GA launch strategy, running pilot programs and customer discovery sessions to validate operational readiness and enterprise adoption

Feb 2022 - Jun 2023

1 year 5 months

Munich, Germany

Senior Quality Analyst

Celonis

Restructured development team delivery from Scrum to Kanban, automated the entire release pipeline, and grew regression testing coverage from under 5% to 95%
Designed quality processes with explicit testability standards, enabling the team to move from 8–10 defects per sprint to 1–2 and establish the product's first stable release cadence
Coordinated release communication across DevOps, Customer Success, and GTM teams, ensuring consistent rollout context for enterprise customers, reducing release defects by 80%

Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

3 years 1 month

Magdeburg, Germany

Software Engineer

Pure Systems (now PTC)

A software company specializing in product line engineering and variant management solutions for complex embedded & software-intensive systems

Contributed across the full software development lifecycle on enterprise B2B products serving 30,000+ customers, from requirements engineering through QA within agile sprints
Designed and implemented the UI test automation framework, enabling 500+ automated test cases and reducing release validation time from 3 weeks to 1 week
Standardized software engineering best practices across engineering teams, achieving consistent execution and cross-team alignment

Jun 2015 - Mar 2017

1 year 10 months

Bengaluru, India

Senior Analyst

HCL Technologies Ltd

A global IT services and consulting company delivering technology solutions across infrastructure, digital transformation, and engineering services to enterprises worldwide

Orchestrated IT Change Management workflows on an ITIL-based platform, coordinating developers and service providers to execute change tasks across teams
Authored functional and technical specification, including data flow documentation, translating enterprise customer requirements into actionable delivery artefacts for engineering teams
Managed multiple concurrent IT projects with high delivery accuracy and clear communication across all involved parties
Mentored, supervised, and coordinated the daily activities of 3 graduate trainees

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology.

Information Technology

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, Quality Assurance, Strategy, and Operations.

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Quality Assurance

Strategy

Operations

Summary

Product Manager/Owner with 6+ years of experience owning product vision, strategy, and roadmap across fast-paced, high-velocity B2B SaaS platforms serving a global enterprise customer base. Proven track record of translating complex customer data requirements into well-prioritized roadmaps, shipping Celonis Studio analytics features at scale, and aligning cross-functional teams from discovery through release.

Skills

Product & Delivery:

Product Vision
Competitive & Market Analysis
Discovery & User Research (Qualitative & Quantitative)
Prototyping
Ux/Ui Collaboration
Feature Prioritization
Strategic Roadmap Ownership
Requirements Elicitation
Prd Writing
Product Backlog Ownership
Epics & User Stories
Acceptance Criteria
User Testing
Customer Escalation Management
Stakeholder Management
Cross-Functional Delivery
Post-Launch Monitoring

Project Management & Methodology:

Agile Leadership
Scrum
Kanban
Scrumban
Sprint Planning
Refinement
Retrospectives
Okrs & Kpis
It Project Management
Itil-Based Change Management
Deployment And Release Management
High-Velocity Delivery

Programming:

Typescript
Java
Python

Ci/Cd:

Github Actions
Jenkins

Tools:

Jira
Azure Devops
Confluence
Miro
Figma
Draw.Io
Ms Office
Workflow Automation (Sbm)
Sql

Analytical Tools:

Datadog
Grafana
Celonis Studio

Ai Tooling:

Claude Co-Work
Claude Code
Microsoft Copilot
Perplexity
Lovable
Base44
Gamma

Languages

Kannada

Native

English

Advanced

German

Intermediate

Education

Mar 2017 - Jun 2020

Otto Von Guericke Universität

Master of Science · Digital Engineering · Magdeburg, Germany

Aug 2011 - Jun 2015

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering · Electrical and Electronics Engineering · Bengaluru, India

Certifications & licenses

Scrum Alliance

AI in Product Management

O'Reilly

German Certificate / telc German B1

telc gGmbH

ISTQB® Certified

ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board

AMCAT Certified Data Processing Specialist

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Statistics

Experience

Total positions 4

Experience in Information Technology 9.5 y

Avg length 2 y 4 m

Longest experience 3 y 2 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, India)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Product Owner, Senior Quality Analyst, Software Engineer

Main industries Information Technology

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 5

Profile

Created

August 2026

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Pooja is based in Munich, Germany.

Pooja speaks the following languages: Kannada (Native), English (Advanced), German (Intermediate).

Pooja has at least 9 years of experience. During this time, Pooja has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 4 months. Note that Pooja may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Pooja would be well-suited for roles such as: Product Owner, Senior Quality Analyst, Software Engineer.

Pooja's most recent position is Product Owner at Celonis.

In recent years, Pooja has worked for Celonis and Pure Systems (now PTC).

Pooja is most experienced in industries like Information Technology.

Pooja is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development. Pooja also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Strategy, and Operations.

Pooja has recently worked in industries like Information Technology.

Pooja has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Pooja holds a Master in Digital Engineering from Otto Von Guericke Universität and a Bachelor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Pooja has 5 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified Scrum Product Owner - CSPO, AI in Product Management, and German Certificate / telc German B1.

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